The landscapes of Saihanba National Forest Park in Hebei Province that is the largest forested park in China with scenic forests, dots of larches and white birches, and grassland. Lakes, brooks and ponds saturate the prairies and the woods, which have become home to a very rich biodiversity.

Saihanba, means 'beautiful highland' in Mongolian. This was the hunting field of the Qing Dynasty (164...[Full]

The landscapes of Saihanba National Forest Park in Hebei Province that is the largest forested park in China with scenic forests, dots of larches and white birches, and grassland. Lakes, brooks and ponds saturate the prairies and the woods, which have become home to a very rich biodiversity.

Saihanba, means 'beautiful highland' in Mongolian. This was the hunting field of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) Emperors. It was reduced to a barren land. Luckily the dogged reforestation effort since 1962 led by local people and college students who volunteered to settle there changed the area for the better and restored its former glamour.

Located 420 kilometers north of Beijing, the park has become one of China’s top tourist locations and a major photographic destination for Chinese and international landscape photographers alike.

Usually, people may tell you the best season to visit is autumn, when professional photographers and filmmakers would make their way back to the area like they used to, because "the charm of the valley has been proven irresistible."

Even on meadows where few flowers grow, the grass has a fragrance that no perfume can rival. In addition to the clear sky, white clouds, refreshing breeze, streams, lakes, hills and flowers, Sanhanba also offers dense woods.[Close]

The landscapes of Saihanba National Forest Park in Hebei Province that is the largest forested park in China with scenic forests, dots of larches and white birches, and grassland. Lakes, brooks and ponds saturate the prairies and the woods, which have become home to a very rich biodiversity.

Saihanba, means 'beautiful highland' in Mongolian. This was the hunting field of the Qing Dynasty (164...[Full]